US9095769B1 - Stable board book - Google Patents
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- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A63F7/00—Indoor games using small moving playing bodies, e.g. balls, discs or blocks
- A63F7/06—Games simulating outdoor ball games, e.g. hockey or football
- A63F7/0604—Type of ball game
- A63F7/0628—Golf
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
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- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- A63F3/00261—Details of game boards, e.g. rotatable, slidable or replaceable parts, modular game boards, vertical game boards
- A63F2003/00264—Details of game boards, e.g. rotatable, slidable or replaceable parts, modular game boards, vertical game boards with rotatable or tiltable parts
- A63F2003/00287—Details of game boards, e.g. rotatable, slidable or replaceable parts, modular game boards, vertical game boards with rotatable or tiltable parts about a horizontal axis
- A63F2003/00299—Details of game boards, e.g. rotatable, slidable or replaceable parts, modular game boards, vertical game boards with rotatable or tiltable parts about a horizontal axis designed as a book
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- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a prior board book 100 called “The Miniature Book of Miniature Golf”.
- the book comprises a plurality of stiff pages 102 , binding for the pages 104 , a stand 106 and an end panel 109 .
- the stand and end panel are made from creased card stock about 1/64 inch thick.
- the stand is hingedly connected to the front cover 107 of the book and the end panel.
- the end panel is hingedly connected to the stand and the last page 111 of the book.
- the stand rests against the front cover and the end panel rests against the book binding.
- the stand supports opened pages 108 in an upright orientation.
- Each page represents a hole of golf.
- a portion of each page is recessed 115 .
- the recess is a portion of the course.
- An opening 110 is provided in the recess that goes through the page to a corresponding course on the page below.
- the opening is seen as a “cup” in golf.
- a user 112 holds a small club 114 and hits a small ball 116 along the course.
- the hole is complete and the ball passes through to the course below.
- the user then lifts up the page and rests it against the stand to reveal the page below.
- the ball that went through the cup is now on the course of the next hole on the page below.
- the user then continues to hit the ball until it goes in that page's cup. This process is repeated until the last page is reached. Score is based on how many hits a user needs to complete each hole.
- the prior art board book has 10 pages including the cover.
- the cover is page 1.
- Each page is about 6 inches long ( 122 ), 6 inches wide ( 124 ) and 1 ⁇ 8 inch thick ( 126 ). 10 pages are joined together.
- the end panel is about 1.38 inches long ( 128 ). This is about the same as the combined thickness of the pages.
- the stand is about 1.5 inches long ( 132 ). Thus the ratio of stand length to page length is about 0.25. It has been found by experiment that for this ratio of stand length to page length, pages 7 and 8 are unstable in the open position. When pages 7 or 8 are opened and placed against the stand, they will spontaneously flip back 118 to the closed position and interfere with play. There is need, therefore, for a board book design where all of the pages are stable in the open configuration.
- FIG. 2 is a side view of a stable board book 200 .
- the stable board book is similar in construction to the prior art board book except that the ratio of the length 234 of the stand 202 to the length 208 of a page is much greater. It has been found that when the ratio of stand length to page length is 0.7 or greater then all of the pages are stable 236 in the upright orientation. The stable board book, therefore, can be used to make a miniature golf game that does not suffer from pages flipping back down on the player.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a prior art board book.
- FIG. 2 is a side view of a stable board book.
- FIG. 3 is a side view of an alternative stable board book showing details of construction.
- FIG. 4A is a side view of an alternative board book with unstable page construction.
- FIG. 4B is a side view of an alternative board book with stable page construction.
- a stable board book comprises a plurality of pages 204 .
- Each page has a thickness 206 and a length 208 .
- a suitable thickness is about 1 ⁇ 8 inch.
- a suitable length is about 6 inches.
- the pages may be constructed of any stiff material, such as card stock, utility board or illustration board. Each page may be constructed by gluing, or otherwise attaching, two or more layers of board to get a desired thickness. A double layer of about 0.8 ounce illustration board is suitable.
- the pages can be any width. A suitable width is about 6 inches. There can be any number of pages. 10 pages is a suitable number of pages including the cover 210 .
- Adjacent pages 204 , 212 may be bound together along their adjacent ventral edges 215 , 217 with a thin flexible film 214 .
- the film is flexible enough to form a page hinge 216 when said film spans from one page to the next.
- the page hinges form the binding.
- Other bindings may be used.
- the film may be printable glossy paper stock with an image printed thereupon. Appendix A attached hereto provides exemplary images that may be printed on the pages of a stable board book.
- the dorsal end 201 of the stand 202 may be attached to the cover 210 by a stand hinge 220 .
- the stand hinge may comprise a flexible film.
- the ventral end of the stand may be attached to the dorsal end of an end panel 224 by a panel hinge 222 .
- the ventral end of the end panel may be attached to the ventral end 226 of the last page 227 by a binding hinge 228 .
- the length 230 of the end panel should be equal to or greater than the combined thickness of the pages of the book 232 . Thus the end panel will rest against the binding when the book is closed.
- the length of the stand 234 should be large enough so that all pages of the book are stable in the upright position 236 when opened. It has been found that a ratio of stand length to page length of 0.7 or greater produces a stable book.
- a 10 page stable board book was constructed according to FIG. 2 .
- Each page was about 1 ⁇ 8 inch thick.
- the pages were about 6 inches long by 6 inches wide.
- Each page was constructed by gluing two pieces of 0.8 ounce board stock together. Paper glued to the boards was used for constructing all hinges.
- the end panel was about 1.25 inches long. Different book designs were evaluated with different stand lengths to determine page stability. The results are presented in table 1 .
- FIG. 3 shows a cross section of a stable board book with a combined cover and stand design 300 .
- the book is shown with four pages 302 .
- Each page comprises a top board 304 and a bottom board 306 glued together.
- Each board has a thickness 305 of about 1/16 inch.
- the top board may have a portion 308 removed to form a cavity when glued to the bottom board. This becomes the course for a golf game.
- a playing surface 316 may be provided. This corresponds to a green in golf.
- the playing surface may have a rough texture to correspond to grass.
- Hazard portions 318 of the course may be provided. The hazard portions are slightly recessed below the playing surface so that if the ball 312 falls in them, it's harder to hit out.
- a printable film 320 is provided on the top surface of each page and spans to the bottom surface 322 of the prior page. This forms a page hinge 324 between the adjacent pages.
- the top cover 330 comprises a top board 334 and a bottom board 332 .
- the top board comprises a first portion 336 and a stand 338 .
- the first portion of the top board is joined to the bottom board.
- the stand is joined to the first portion by a stand hinge 344 .
- a suitable hinge comprises a flexible hinge film 346 joining the stand to the first portion of the top board.
- Flexible film may be provided on both sides of the stand.
- a gap 342 may be provided between the first portion of the top board and the stand to allow the film to flex.
- a suitable gap is about 1 ⁇ 8 inch.
- the panel hinge 352 and the binding hinge 356 have similar construction to the stand hinge. It has been found that the stability of the book is improved if the internal length 362 of the end panel 354 is slightly larger than the combined internal thickness of the pages 364 so that there is a small gap between the stand and the bottom board of the cover when the book is closed. 1/16 is a suitable increase in length between the internal length of the end panel and the combined internal thickness of the pages.
- the internal lengths are defined as being measured from the inside surface of the stand 372 to the surface the book is sitting 374 when the book is closed.
- FIGS. 4A and 4B shows side views of details of alternative page constructions.
- 4 A shows a relatively unstable page construction.
- 4 B shows a relatively stable page construction.
- a page 401 comprises a top board 402 and a bottom board 406 .
- the top board is indented 404 relative to the bottom board. It was found that for indents as small as 1/64 inch, the stability of the page was reduced and the page would flip back 408 after being opened.
- a more stable page construction 410 is illustrated.
- the bottom board 412 of a page 418 is indented 414 relative to the top board 416 .
- the indent 414 may be as small as 0 inches (i.e. the boards are even) or as large as 1/32 inch. Too large of an indent will not be pleasing aesthetically.
- the amount of designed indent can be based on the manufacturing tolerances. If the tolerances are +/ ⁇ 5 thousands of an inch, for example, then the designed indent can be 5 thousands so that all actual indents in the produced books will be in the range of about 0 to 10 thousands of an inch.
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TABLE 1 | |||
Ratio of stand length | Unstable | ||
to page length | pages | ||
0.83 | none | ||
0.78 | none | ||
0.67 | 9 | ||
0.50 | 9 | ||
0.33 | 8,9 | ||
.25 (prior art) | 7,8 | ||
0.17 | 7,8,9 | ||
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